Flange-oiler.



A.. ALBBRTSON.

FLANGE UILEIL APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2s, 1914.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A. ALBERTSON.

FLANGE OILER. l APPLICATION FILED MAILza, i914.

1, 1 22,228 Y Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Wdnuo zo @and cient #means for' feeding :crude 1 pil, te the a d'i'fiiiing wheeliseiiaileoinotiye Yebjeeteff l llly deserib'ed v.1p-remi ieleypa 'en di e gram; Slipei- 40'ing;V Fig. 4 is ii seetiontaken-on *l -of Fig. 13,. Fig. 5 isn'centialnleiigitiidiipih section through thev liibiienting Shoe. G is ai' tep plan viewbfthe lubricating shoe showing the feed easing in section. Fig.

is :i detail perspeetiiie ef the ermiij. Fig. 8

the lubii-v weight ,adapted te be carried by eating shoe.. 1 "1y referring te the drawings it will be seen that .1` designates the steam feed pipe for conveying the exhaust and .fiii' pumped through the eil itseiveii' to be hereinafter described in oideiqte keep .hline crude eil in .n liquefied form.

.A 'supporting bracket 2 of anyl suitable nppiieate-mea muchas Fig.

pipes of the lubi'iezitiiigf y is a peispeetive l View of the upper endef-the lubijienting iresp @il en izibi'zi tion a, flexible tube "fijom lthe stenm"'e0mpiii'tmeii`t 6. :ind this i flexible tube oi pipe lprefeiiibly extends nearly te the rail for the* purpose of discharging the :is possible so :is to prevent the steam from iris'ing inisueh a. manner as m screen the view of theengineery eperiting the locomotive.

steam :is close to the ground i iie The lubricatingshoe 18 isprovided with a notch 24 at itsl outer end formed so as to conform to the contoiirof 'theV fian e 25 of the driving wheel 26.' The notc 24 is formed so as to fit snugly around the liange/ 25 and in this manner" prevent the lubricant from. spreading'ver the tread 27 of the gether by means of a transversely extending bolt 30. Between the lower parallelends of the clamp 28 are secured a plurality of weighted plates 3l for the.,purpose of c stituting means for preventing the lubricat- -ing shoe 18 from jumping out of engagement with the Harige 25 of the wheel 26. ,A. chain 3 2 is secured. to the bolt as is illustrated in Fig. 6, and this chain passes around the T-joint 15 as illustrated in' Fig. 3 and constitutes a support for limiting the downward swing of the lubricating slioe '18. J

By ,carefully considering I1`ig., 5 it willhbe :seen that the pipe li extends into a passageway 33, which passageway communicates with an.ofl'set .passageway 34, ywhereby` the lubricant may be forced down` into engagement with the inner face of the flange 25 of the wheel 26, and thereby deposit lubricant at the desired point upon the flange 25.

The reservoirs `3 which arey placed upon either side of the locomotive are connected by means of a connecting pipe 35 to which connecting pipe is secured the supply pipe 10 above described.

.The operation of the device is as followszQThe lubricant is placed in the compartment 5 and lthe valve 21 is opened. The lubricant will then pass out through the pipe 20 through the T-jointl and down through the lubricating shoe 18 to the flangey 25 of the wheel 26. f In order thatthe-lubricant may not get gummy or clogged especially 'in col-d weather it liasbeen found preferable to pass a supplyof exhaust steam adjacent the lubricating compartment-5 as is providedlwip the structure as illustrated in 'i Fig. 3. The exhaust steamisfed into the cold weather it is desired to take additional precautions for insuring the liquefying ofI the lubricant the valve 13 may be opened ,fand the exhaust steam may pass down through the pipe 12 and also pipe 14 and assist in forcing the lubricant and alsoliquefying the lubricant as the same passes through the lubricating shoe 18. Under ordiiiai'y.

prising a reservoir, said reservoir provided Iwith la lubricating compartment, a steam compartment, -nieans for `feeding steam to said 'steam compartment, a lubricant supply pipe communicating with said lubricating compartment; and passing `through Asaid y I* steam compartment whereby lubricant may -be heated while passing through said steam compartment, means for controlling the How .of lubricant from said'lubricating compartcommiini ating with said lubricating compartment, steam discharge means communi-- cating with said steam compartment, and means `forming a communication between said steap `ing shoe or facilitating the forcing` of lubricant through said lubricating shoe.

2. A lubricator of the class describedcomprising a reservoir,means for heating said ment, a yi'eldably su'pportedvlubricating shoe4 compartment and said lubricatreservoir,- a ,lubricant supply pipe, a' lubrieating shoe suspended from said lubricating supply pipe, .a clamp carried by'said -lubricating shoe, said clamp provided with 'a pair of parallel depending members, weights carried by said parallel depending members,

said weights adapted to normally hold said .lubricator' against upward moyement, and a supporting chain secured to said lubricating supplyA ipe and engaging said clamp for lubricating shoe. I,

vIn testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON ALBERTSON.

yWitnesses: i

G. DfCoL'ConD,

W. R. LEMoUNmii.

.adjustab y and yieldably supporting said 

